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CIGAR BUNGHING MACHINE.

Patented Sept. 21,v 1886.

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No. 349,335. Patented Sept. 21, 1886..

WITNESS/58: M lI/ENl? 'www @M2 Viv/MM A TTOHIVEYS To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.`

NICHOLAS H. BORGFELDT AND ADOLPH GSCHUTZ, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., e ASSIGNORS TO SAID ADOLPH C. SCHUTZ, ADOLPH LEVYN, MAX

MARTIN, AND LEVY BROS., ALL OF SAME PLACE.

ClGAR-BUNCHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,335, dated September 21, 1886,

Application filed May 10, 1886. Serial No.201,fl96.

vBe it known that we, NICHOLAS H. BORG- EELDT and ADOLPH C. SCHUTZ, both residents of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have jointly invented an Improved Cigar-Bunching Machine, of which the followingis afull, clear, and exact description, reference being lnade to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of ourirnproved cigar-bunching machine. Fig. 2 is a plan View, partly in section, of part of the machine, showing it adapted to roll cigars on a straight table. Fig. 3 is a front view, partly in section, of the portion represented in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view, partlyin section, similar to Fig. 2, showing the parts in different position. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the arm which moves the sliding frame over the rolling-board, when said arm is contracted for use on a sector -shaped rollingboard. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line cc,`Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a plan View, partly in section, of the machine, showing it adapted for use with a sector-shaped rolling-board. Fig. 8 is a detail central section of the-lower part of the cylinder from which the tobacco is discharged into the chute. Fig. 9 is a top view, partly in section, of said cylinder, and Fig. 10 a bottom view of the upper disk,which said cylinder contains.

'This invention relates to certain improvements on the cigar bunching machine which is'described in Letters Patent No. 331,676, of December l, 1885, and in an application for a patent filed by us October 8, 1885, and known as Serial No. 179,306.

The present invention has two principal objects-namely,irst, to adapt thesliding frame, which controls the motion of the apron that carries the bunch, for use'on a straight-that is, rectilinear-rolling-board, and also, whenever desired, for use on a sector-shaped rolling-board. v

In our first-named Letters Patent We represented the sliding frame adapted for use on a straight rolling-board only, and in our application filed October 8, 1885, we represented said sliding frame on a sector-shaped rollingboard only. l

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Our present invention consists, iirst, in combining said sliding frame with a peculiarlyjointed arm, whereby it is adapted to move either in a straigllt line and on astraight rolling-board, or in the arc of a circle, and on a sector-shaped rolling-board. By thisimpro'vement the manufacturer of cigars is enabled to use either kind of rolling-board on the same machine, which is a great advantage.

The second object of our invention is to facilitate the adjustment ofthe sizes of buckets that distribute the tobacco from the chute to the receiving-cylinder, so that said adjustment maybe obtained bya mere vertical movement of the shaft, which passes centrally through said cylinder, while in our former applications a less convenient adjustment was obtained by avertical displacement of one of the disks on the shaft itself, and the interposition ofan additional plate or plates.

The invention consists, secondly, incombining with the vertically-adjustable shaft, which passes through the cylinder, a disk which is attached to said shaft, and which on its under side carries vertical bucket-shaped extensions, which enter into corresponding recesses in the lower revolving disk.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents the frame of the machine; B, the tobacco-holding cylinder; C, its outwardlyprojectin'g chute; D, the notched disk,which rests on the bottom of the cylinder; E, the notched upper plate, which above the disk D is attached to the upright shaft F, that passes centrally through the cylinder B. To this upright shaft intermittent rotary motion is imparted by mechanism.y substantially like that described in our before-mentioned Letters Patent and application. The plate Ediffers from the plates E E, that were described in the above-mentioned Letters Patent and application, in that it has at or near its periphery aseries of semi-cylindrical or other properly-shaped bucket-like downward extensions, a, each of which reaches into a corresponding notch, b, of the lower disk, D, so that the tobacco will fall from the cylinder B into the bucket-shaped extension c, so far as that reaches, and below the same into the part of the notch b which is not filled by the bucketlike extension. The smallest dose or portion of tobacco sent tothe chute C will therefore be that which can be obtained by lowering the plate E as far as it can be lowered, so that only the contents of the bucket-like extensions a will go to the chute. For larger portions the plate E is raised (see Fig. 8) to the desired degree to allow tobacco also to fall into the notches b below said bucket-like extensions. The plate E being fastened by a screw, d, or otherwise, to the shaft F, it is only necessary to raise or lower the shaft in order to obtain the desired adjustment for the portions of tobacco to be distributed to the chute. Ve show in Fig. l one convenient way of effectuating said vertical adjustment, which is to step the lower end of the shaft F upon an upright screw, g, which screw, for greater certainty, may have a flange, h, which carries a set screw, i, that bears upon part of the frame A, to secure said screw g in the desired position.

Instead of adjusting the shaft F vertically by means of the screw r/, and of holding it secure by the addition of the screw i, any other inode of vertically-adjusting the shaft may be used.

Proceeding further to the consideration of the drawing, we find that the chute C discharges the tobacco into a hopper, I2, which has a downwardly-projecting discharge-tube, o, and below which is the part we have termed the binder-rest.7 This binderrest is composed of an apron, M, and roller n, hung in a sliding frame, N, and of a binder-lifter, l, all as described in the aforesaid Letters Patent and application for patent. The binder-lifter is above the rolling board L, which may either be stra-ight or rectilinear, as isindieated in Figs. 2 and 4, or sector-shaped, as in Fig. 7. The frame N receives motion by a connecting-link, It, from the crank Zof a sliding shaft, m., the same as is described in our application for patent filed October S, 1885, and the sliding frame N connects likewise with an arm, O, which at j is pivoted to the frame A, or to a bracket extending therefrom. This arm O, according to our present invention, is composed of three parts, a, j), and r. The part p is the middle portion, and has its ends pivoted to the parts a andr, as is clearly shown in Fig. t. XVhenever this pivotal connection is maintained, as in Fig. 4, the entire jointed arm O will, running idle, permit the frame N to slide properly, under the influence of the connections l 1.1, on a straight or rectilinear rolling-board, L, the sliding frame N being for this purpose provided with a straight track, s, receiving a straight rail, 1, (see Fig. 3 and dotted lines in Fig. 4,) for the purpose of being guided in a straight direction.

Instead of the track s and rail any other proper guide may be used.

'When the machine is to be used with a sector-shaped rolling -board and apron, as in Fig. 7, the three links a p yr of the arm O are folded together, as in Figs. 5 and 7, and locked together bya screw, w, orby any other suitable fastening, so that they can no longer move on their pivotal connections, and when the parts of the arm O are thus locked together said arm will be substantially a rigid arm, like that shown in our application for patent filed October 8, 1835, and operate the sliding frame N on the sector-shaped table or rollingbcard, the same as described in said application.

It does not seem necessary here to state the reasons why it is of advantage to a manufacturer to have the same machine adapted to roll the cigar-bunches on a straight or rectilinear rolling-board, or on a sector-shaped rolling-board, as he may see proper.

\Vhen the sector-shaped rolling-board is used, the guides s1' are of course dispensed with.

A weighted cord, ai, may connect with the sliding frame N to move it inward, as described in application No. 179,306.

lVe claiml. The jointed arm O, composed of pivotally-connected sections, substantially as dcscribed, in combination with the sliding frame N, rolling-board L, and with the link k, crank I, and shaft m, for moving said sliding frame, as specified.

2. The jointed arm O, composed of pivotally-connected sections, substantially as described, in combination with the sliding frame N, straight rolling-board L, and guides s I, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the jointed arm O, sliding frame N, and rolling-board L with the attachment w, whereby the parts of the jointed arm O are rigidly united, as and for the purpose specified.

4.. The cylinder B, combined with the vertically-movable notched plate E, having downwardly-projecting buckets a, and with the notched lower disk, D, into the notches of which said buckets extend, as described.

5. The cylinder B, combined with the vertically-movable shaft F, notched plate E, having downwardly-projecting buckets a, said plate being rigidly attached to said shaft, and with the notched lower disk, l), into the notches of which said buckets extend, as described.

G. The combination ofthe cylinder B with the lower notched disk, D, upper notched plate, E, having dow]iwardly-extending buckets a, vertically-adjustable shaft F, carrying said upper plate, Il, and with the supportingscrew y beneath said shaft, and locking screw fi, substantially as and for the purpose described.

NICHOLAS II. BORGFELDT. ADOLPH C. SCHUTZ. Vitnesscs:

Cuantas G. M. THoMAs, HARRY M. Tonk.

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